Louis J. Virelli III

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Williams v. Pennsylvania confirmed the close relationship between recusal and constitutional law. As I argue in my new book, Disqualifying the High Court: Supreme Court Recusal and the Constitution, recusal at the Highest Court must be treated exclusively as a matter of constitutional law in order to both properly protect litigants like Mr. Williams and to ensure that our most powerful courts are able to fully perform their public duties. This has important consequences for several hot button issues, including the ongoing disputes over whether certain Supreme Court Justices are fit to preside over politically controversial cases and Donald Trump’s accusations that Judge Gonzalo Curiel is unfit to participate in the ongoing fraud case against Trump University.

Written by J. Louis Virelli III, author of Disqualifying the High Court: Supreme Court Recusal and the Constitution